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People first vs identity first: a discussion about language and disability
Image: A local disability theatre group perform a play about the daily prejudices faced by people living with disability at the Wan Smolbag Theatre and Youth Centre, Port Vila, Vanuatu, February 2013, photographer Graham Crumb for DFAT
A call to put the word 'disability' "front and cemntre" has, unintentionally, fuelled debate about 'people-first' versus 'identity-first' language. The disability activist Lawrence Carter-Long recently unveiled 'Disability. #SayTheWord' with a Facebook post-come-campaign launch.
Carter-Long was writing in the wake of President Obama's State of the Union address, where there was no reference to 'disabled'. He challenged his Friends and Followers: "It's 2016. "Disabled." Go ahead. Say the word. It's way past time to dump the silly euphemisms and not be shy about getting good and righteously pissed off about being omitted … Put disability front and center. Consciously. Intentionally. Often. "Disabled." It's okay. Simply #SayTheWord. Sing it. Own it. Please."
It was a call to action. It was about, as Carter-Long wrote in a follow-up post: "The President shouldn't be afraid to say 'disabled'. Inclusion shouldn't be an afterthought either. He and every other elected official should feel like we're a constituency that they are going to have to reckon with. Businesses too. Schools as well. The movies we watch and the TV shows that are supposedly about "us" too."
The initial post drew many supporters, but took an unexpected turn when some comments interpreted Carter-Long's challenge as a question of 'people-first' versus 'identity-first' language.
Time to move on from 'people-first' language?
One reply stated: "I may be part of the minority, but I don't want my son labeled as 'disabled' – he's human, he's male, he's an adult, he's unable to walk without assistance, he's dealing with brain injuries, he's funny, he's loving, he's compassionate – but he's not 'disabled'. He's a person living with disabilities."
Another wrote: I think I agree with (above). I am a complete, complex human. Part of that complexity, part of what makes me whole, is that I live with a disability. I prefer "person first."
Carter-Long responded: "Language – along with understanding and evolution – marches on. What seemed progressive decades ago can be regressive now which is, I reckon, as it should be."
Another wrote: "I will never understand the idea that being disabled is negative. I am autistic. I am disabled. This is my reality. To say that I need to call myself a person with a disability automatically puts the disability on a lower footing."
The social model of disability
Advocates of 'people-first' and those in favour of 'identity-first' both claim foundation in the social model of disability. The social model, in short, says people with physical or developmental impairments are 'disabled' by a society that does not recognised them and what it takes for them to be included as productive, active and valued members of the community. The common stance unintentionally muddies the water for those tasked with fair and accurate representation of people and issues – like journalists.
As a journalism lecturer, I include lessons and discussions on the way disability is presented in news media. One of the discussions with my students is about the use of 'people-first' language. Developed in the early 1970s, it has a long history, and, essentially, it seeks to draw attention to the person ahead of the disability. It encourages a 'see the person, not the disability' approach.
The Australian approach
Governments across Australia and the globe, along with NGOs, have established media guidelines on disability, and the use of 'people-first' language is a staple instruction for many. Australia's peak disability advocacy organisation is People With Disability Australia (PWDA). The PWDA web site includes a section on terminology, where it states preference for people-first language.
PWDA is far from alone in its use and encouragement of people-first language. Kathie Snow, for example writes: "People First Language puts the person before the disability, and describes what a person has, not who a person is. Are you myopic or do you wear glasses? Are you cancerous or do you have cancer? Is a person 'handicapped/disabled' or does she have a disability?"
The United Kingdom has long preferred the use of 'disabled people' over 'people with disability' and it has the media guidelines to match. Likewise, the Deaf and autistic communities have adopted identity-first language.
Opposition to people-first language
Autism Mythbuster's Jim Sinclair wrote in 1999 about "Why I dislike people-first language". He declared: "I am not a 'person with autism'. I am an autistic person."
Sinclair narrowed his opposition to people-first language to three points:
1) Saying 'person with autism' suggests that the autism can be separated from the person. It cannot.
2) Saying 'person with autism' suggests that even if autism is part of a person, it isn't a very important part.
3) Saying 'person with autism' suggests that autism is something bad – so bad that it isn't even consistent with being a person."
Well-known disability and media academic Beth Haller recently drew attention to the perilous language path journalists need to negotiate when covering disability.
The need for variety and sensitivity
Haller pointed to the ongoing debate about people-first versus identity-first language and urged journalists to "carefully traverse a variety of disability terminology", and concluded: "The one thing that both sides of the terminology discussion agree on is that language about disability is important, so journalists must clearly understand language preferences when reporting on disability issues."
I don't have a disability, but my son has cerebral palsy. I'm a PhD student, I write about the way disability is represented in Australian news media, including a recent article on disability representation in media coverage of the Americans With Disabilities Act and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Nothing about us without us
One of the first disability-focused books I read was James Charleton's Nothing About Us Without Us!, published in 1998. Its message was to ensure decisions that affect a group must be reached by full and direct participation of members of that group. If follows, that journalists and journalism educators should ask 'people with disability' or 'disabled people' the language they believe best represents them. Positively, discussions with and formal feedback from my students has revealed they are willing participants in the discussion, and are proving to be proponents of change in workplaces in and outside journalism.
For Carter-Long's part, 'Disability. #SayTheWord' goes beyond the people-first debate.
"Person first. Person last. Doesn't much matter. What we've got to do is make sure the words 'disabled' and 'disability' – and the people they identify – are in the mix. Somewhere? Anywhere??? No. Every-freaking-where! Nothing without us. Period. You dig it?" he posted.
This article was first posted on croakey.org 21 January 2016.
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Can charity survive without inspiration porn?
The use of so-called 'inspiration porn' in news media continues to spark debate.
The images of a young boy, Fin, who has cerebral palsy, competing in an athletics event is the latest story to feed the discussion. Fin's participation in the race, one of many thousands I presume happen at schools across the globe every year, was considered newsworthy by 7 Local News Sunshine Coast in Australia.
There is a part of me that thinks the availability of the video (the simple fact it existed) had a hand in the decision to air it. I know that sounds obvious, but consider the days when we didn't have the capacity to shoot and share our children's every event movement, success, and/or mishap. TV news, not too many years ago, relied on a news director and/or chief of staff choosing to allocate limited resources (i.e. reporter and camera operator) to cover a story.
Nowadays, instead of the news crew going to the news, the 'news' often comes to the newsroom. So, ease of access can play a part in the decision to run it as a story. If the vision wasn't there, and if the news director didn't know about the race, Fin's participation in the event would have remained anonymous to all but those who attended. But the vision was there. Who shared it? Fin's mum, or the Cerebral Palsy League, or someone else? It's not clear.
This is where the question of inspiration porn arises (at least in this case). We know the charity model of disability exists. We know, just by watching the story, that disability organisations, like the Cerebral Palsy League and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, rely on charity. We also know cute kids, doing cute and/or 'inspirational' things, help raise money.
Often, the news media finds itself at the intersection of charity and inspiration. As a former news reporter and news director, and now journalism lecturer, I can't help but feel for journalists and news organisations that are criticised by disability advocates (including me) for creating and publishing 'inspiration porn'. They are forced to negotiate a space where on one hand they are asked by people with disability not to cover a story simply because it features disability (inspiration porn), but on the other hand are asked to cover a story because it is about disability (charity).
As said, I'm none the wiser as to how the newsroom came across the story, but the mention of the Cerebral Palsy League and the funds raised for 'life-changing equipment' does place the story within the charity model of disability.
If we are to address 'inspiration porn', we need to look at the charity model of disability. If we consider the way disability is presented by those in positions of influence, like disability service providers, maybe news organisations will be less inclined to present something as inspirational simply because disability is involved.
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Disability voices have to be heard to change attitudes
It's one of the big issues I'm working on a journalism educator. Journalism students are being encouraged to capture the voice of PWD. It has, for too long, been the default position to interview the partner, the parent, and/or the carer of the person with disability. It needs to change. Journalism's grassroots seem a good place to start.
NDIS – did the news media 'get it'?
Everything old is new again. The newly-elected Coalition federal government has done what it said it would and has dropped 'DisabilityCare Australia' as the name of the agency to deliver the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The name was not widely supported by people with disability, advocates, and service providers. According to some reports, even the organisation charged with its delivery wasn't a fan.
DisabilityCare is now the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), a move that aligns directly with recommendations from the Australian Productivity Commission report into 'Disability Care and Support'. It said:
"The above features would be best met by having a single agency overseeing the NDIS – The National Disability Insurance Agency."
The Australia Productivity Commission report into Disability Care and Support, 2011.
While the name-change was a big deal for many close to the issue, it was quite a challenge to find any coverage of the name-change in the Australian news media. SBS found an angle, the old favourite – cost savings.
But, as recruiting begins for about 100 people to run the agency's new headquarters in Geelong, and with the rollout of the NDIS seemingly unaffected by the change of government, it is worth looking back at the Productivity Commission report of 2011. I'm particularly interested in the news media coverage the NDIS evolution received, the way it was presented, the way people with disability were represented, whether people with disability 'saw themselves' in the coverage, and how and/or if the representation affected their self-perception.
It is worth investigating, for example, if the significant 'inclusion', 'empowerment' and 'economic productivity' aspects of the NDIS were given due coverage and prominence, or whether the traditional media models of disability – charity, pity, and others were forefront in the coverage.
The report included:
"An important role of the NDIS would be to minimise the impacts of disability. This includes:
* promoting opportunities for people with disability
* creating awareness by the general community of the issues that affect people with disability, and the advantages of inclusion
* drawing on its data and research capabilities to engage with other agencies to improve public health and safety."
Importantly, in discussing the role of the NDIS, the reported stated:
"In the awareness area, for example, the NDIS could recognise and encourage employment of people with disability and try more generally to combat stereotypes that reduce opportunity. The potential benefits of a more inclusive society also extend to the wider community, including employers."
There will, no doubt, be some who argue the end justifies the means, that being – 'We've got the NDIS being rolled out, who cares what the news media did?' I contend we should explore the coverage. We should see what part the news media played in the widespread public and, it must be said, political support the NDIS received. We should also explore whether the coverage aligned with the progressive underpinnings of the Productivity Commission report, or relied on traditional representations of disability to get the deal done.
That's my challenge. There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of news stories produced about the NDIS. Those stories vary in length, style, and approach. This article about then Prime Minister Julia Gillard introducing legislation to fund DisabilityCare into the House of Representatives is just one of the many.
News.com.au coverage of the DisabilityCare funding legislation being introduced to the Australian Parliament, 16 May, 2013.
The SUE DUNLEVY and JESSICA MARSZALEK article pushes all the right media buttons, from the cute lead picture to the use of 'suffers' to describe how Sandy Porter lives with his condition that's 'similar to cerebral palsy'. However, this article does balance between traditional and progressive representation of disability. Some of the traditional elements I've already mentioned, but the progressive aspects are embedded in the quotes from Fiona Anderson, at least in part:
"With this scheme there is light at the end of the tunnel, as children grow older they will get a minimum level of decent support. Sandy will be able to go to university, go out, get a wheelchair and get it repaired," she said.
There is one crucial element missing in the article, and it is alluded to in the opening paragraph.
THE two kids whose stories left the Prime Minister choked with emotion as she introduced legislation to fund the DisabilityCare scheme have been touched by the depth of her feeling.
The article is missing the voices of the 'two kids' (Ed's Note: I'm not convinced Sandy Porter, 17, would love being referred to as a 'kid').
The Productivity Commission report highlights aspects of inclusion and empowerment. If the news media wants the reaction of people with disability to certain events and/or issues, as was the case with this story, then the news media should ask them.
Sandy Porter knows how to speak his mind, and that doesn't need fact-checking.
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Doctors On Call 14th Anniversary Program
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Doctors on Call started in 1990. This one hour program and all-day telethon format enables viewers to call with specific questions about medical conditions. During the program, various medical experts offer information to increase public health awareness. Over 150 doctors representing a variety of major medical specialties staff the phone lines so viewers can talk on-on-one with a doctor for free, confidential medical advice.
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Dr. Mask joined the WRAL-TV staff in the early 90s and is the longest-serving television doctor in North Carolina.
"Doctors on Call" was hosted by WRAL Health Team physician Dr. Allen Mask. The program provided viewers with the opportunity to call the station and receive free, confidential medical advice from physicians and specialists with the NC Medical Society. WRAL News anchor Pam Saulsby served as co-host.Dr. Allen Mask interviews the following doctors during this particular program: Dr. Sharon Fekrat – Duke Ophthalmologist, Dr. Joel Schneider – Wake Med Cardiologists, Dr. Roy Cromartie – Kaiser Oncologist, Dr. Marty Sullivan – Duke Integrated Medicine, Dr. Richard Alioto, Duke Orthopedic surgeon.Doctors on Call aired on WRAL for many years. This program aired in 1999.
WRAL First HD Newscast at State Fair
WRAL-TV led the nation in the development of High Definition broadcasting. On October 13, 2000 WRAL made history by broadcasting the entire 5:00 PM newscast LIVE in HD from the State Fair. The historic newscast was broadcast from a special stage at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh. The broadcast came just days after WRAL announced it was purchasing equipment from Panasonic to allow the station to gather all of its news stories in the 1080i format. WRAL was the first in the country to convert its entire news operation into HD. This video documents the historic moment from a behind-the-scenes perspective.
In 1996, WRAL was the first station in the nation to start broadcasting in HD even though most viewers did not have an HD television set.
WRAL Health Team in 1995
Health Team members accepting the NC Med Society Public Service Award in 1995. L-R: Chris Mondragon, Dr. Allen Mask, Dr. Alicia Underwood, Lynn Hoggard, Mary Cates Gravley and Malinda Adams.
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SPILL MUSIC PREMIERE: UNIVERSAL HONEY - "TIME BLINDNESS"
SPILL MUSIC PREMIERE: GHOST LOVE - "MOURNERS DISCO"
SUBWAY TO SALLY SETS SAIL WITH SECOND SINGLE "LEINEN LOS" + UNVEILS ANIMATED OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
NEW ALBUM HIMMELFAHRT OUT MARCH 24 VIA NAPALM RECORDS
After almost four long years, SUBWAY TO SALLY returns with their 14th studio album, 'Himmelfahrt' (eng. Ascension), out on March 24, 2023 via Napalm Records. In contrast to their last album 'HEY!', the German folk rock outfit now presents a turning point in the discography of the band: the musicians give the darkest abysses of the human soul a spotlight. For the first time in over three decades, SUBWAY TO SALLY celebrates hope!
True to the motto "never back, always ahead" from new single "Leinen Los" [eng: leash loose or cast off], German Folk Rock legends SUBWAY TO SALLY deliver a musical work of the highest quality. The new single starts off as an energetic rock stomper, before unfolding in full glory when bagpipes come in. With strong, determined vocals, singer Eric Fish embodies the atmosphere of departure and leads the band to a new adventure, perfectly illustrated in their animated official music video.
SUBWAY TO SALLY on "Leinen Los": "To us, 'Leinen Los' is a very important song on the new album 'Himmelfahrt' and the lyrics are representative for the album. Even after thirty years of band history we experience new things. Getting back up after the forced pandemic break felt like a new start for us. So we weigh the anchors, set sails and sail full speed ahead into a new chapter of our band history. Cast off!"
SUBWAY TO SALLY states on their new album: "The new album marks a turning point. 'Himmelfahrt' represents the ending and a new beginning at the same time. The work on the songs for 'Himmelfahrt' began long before Corona, shortly after the release of the last album 'HEY!'. This album addressed a broken world, the destructive treatment of people with their own kind and the environment in which they live. As the pandemic hit the world, most of the album seemed prophetic and depressing. All the material created up to that point had to be put to the test and was disposed of as outmoded.
SUBWAY TO SALLY have always dealt with the dark sides of the human soul with relish. Over the years, a lot of blood has been spilled and murdered for love. But the lust for doom is an attitude that works well when a fully fueled helicopter is waiting on the roof to carry us away from the zombie apocalypse.
For the first time in the thirty years of the band's history, we had to ask ourselves if it wasn't time to celebrate hope. Hope is fuel for the future, and so many songs on the new album are about departure and journey, about reaching out to others to lead them from the deepest depths into the light. However, the most current events in the world put this hope to a difficult test. This explains the downer, the bitterness that clouds hope. That's why God had to say a word on the album, to vent this disappointment in his work."
(Napalm Records)
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The lightweight title fight will headline the UFC's return to Orlando.
The lightweight title will be up for grabs at FOX UFC Fight Night in Orlando as Rafael dos Anjos puts his championship on the line for the first time as he faces Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone on Dec. 19.
UFC officials confirmed the main event Thursday.
This will be a rematch between the two lightweights after first meeting in 2013, with dos Anjos coming out on top by unanimous decision.
Most recently, dos Anjos has reeled off four wins in a row, including his lightweight title victory over Anthony Pettis this past March.
Since losing to dos Anjos in 2013, Cerrone has gone on an incredible run in the UFC's lightweight division, winning his past eight fights to earn his first title shot since joining the promotion.
Cerrone was declared the No. 1 contender in May following a TKO win over John Makdessi, and now he'll finally get his chance to avenge the previous loss to dos Anjos while fighting for the UFC lightweight title.
FOX UFC Fight Night goes down from the Amway Center in Orlando and will mark the final event of the year for the promotion.
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God does not put you in a position to oppress others. The way we understand influential position in some circles is, "it is my time to trample on somebody". But that is not God's intention. If you oppress someone today, you don't know what will happen tomorrow. If you take care of someone while you in a position of authority, when you step down, they will take care of you.
In the book of Luke chapter 16: 1-13, Jesus told the parable of the unjust steward. The Lord of the servant said to him you are going to lose your position because we are losing money. The servant quickly sat down and reasoned with himself. He said what am I going to do? I will tell the debtors owing 100 to bring 50, those owing 80 to bring 40, so that if I am not able to work again they will in turn help me. And his master said "You have done wisely because we are almost losing all the money". Don't joke with it. Money is not everything! The gift of men is one of the most powerful gift you can ever receive.
As a minister or businessman, celebrate men. Remember men and acknowledge men. Bless them as the ministry or whatever you are involved in begins to grow. Give them their reward and ensure that they are happy. This is not just limited to ministry. It applies to your business and to you as a husband or wife who has a house help and other staff. It is a dangerous thing to mistreat house-help because your house help can kill you or keep you alive. So be careful, don't say that he is somebody else's child and yet he is the one taking care of your children when you are away. Appreciate men. Let them know that they are valued. As long as that person is inside your house, he is a member of your family.


Some highlights of our white belt competitors.
Check out this flying submission by Gordon Kimura.
Gordon Kimura showing a footlock off of the X-Guard trip.
One of our star competitors, Iliana displaying laser focus and intuition at the Arizona International after only 4 months of Jiu Jitsu training.
We are very proud of all of you who put their skills to the test at the 2017 Pan Jiu Jitsu Championship. You are the small percentage of the Jiu Jitsu world that showed up last week. Thank you to all the friends & families that supported our fighters leading up to Pans, we know that a lot is sacrificed when preparing for an event and we're grateful for the support. Thank you to everyone that helped with the travel & accommodations, and keeping the positive vibe during the trip. Thank you to everyone at Shoyoroll/AP/ALLDAYBJJ, you guys are the best! Back to work, lets keep the vibe, train hard, next up Worlds.
Interesting take on using strength and technique by multiple world champion Bernardo Faria.
We all have good days and bad days and the same goes for jiu jitsu training. Here's a nice article by Jiu Jitsu Times on tapping, learning and moving on.
A nice guide by Flograplling on traveler's etiquette, pros and cons of visiting academies during tournaments.
The benefits between privates and regular classes explained by Vincent Inoncillo.
Never assume someone's skill by belt, size or cauliflowers. A good read from Jiu Jitsu times a blog by practitioners.
This is one of the biggest lessons of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Still get pumped when I watch this.
Good insight from one of the best Jiu Jitsu players on the competition scene.
Awesome insight on preparing your mind for battle.


The following comes from each students' respective college.
Brianna Bennett and Savannah Galati graduated from York College of Pennsylvania on Dec. 19. Bennett earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Human Resource Management. Galati earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice.
Michael Heim named to Dean's List at Coastal Carolina University for the fall 2018 semester. Heim majors in Management.
Samantha Human named to the President's List for the fall 2018 semester for a perfect grade-point-average of 4.0 at Coastal Carolina University. Human majors in Early Childhood Education.


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Your Prime Minister
Doorstop interview - Eugowra
Flooding in Eugowra; flood recovery; Federal and State funding for flood recovery grants
ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, I have been with the Premier, Dominic Perrottet, today, and the local MPs and local council representatives here in Eugowra, a town that has been devastated. A town where two lives were lost and one in three of this town, some 159 people, were rescued, either by a chopper or by boat, a town that's been devastated and we've seen that today. But it's a town that's resilient. It's a town where people want to rebuild this town and this community. And it's quite inspirational seeing the courage and resilience of the people in this fantastic local community.
I want to thank all the people who've come in, whether they be ADF personnel on the ground straightaway, SES, the resilience people from the New South Wales Government, Federal Government representatives and volunteers from all around New South Wales who have come into this local community to hose out a home, help out locals, and remove debris. It's been quite extraordinary, the effort that we are seeing here.
This morning, we're announcing a joint Commonwealth-State further support for disaster recovery. Grants of up to $50,000, the first $25,000 of which can be paid very quickly, and a further $25,000 upon receipts being shown. That is eligible for all small businesses here in this community, but also for not-for-profit organisations.
This is Commonwealth and State jointly working together. That's what people want to see. And I want to thank Dominic. We had conversations and text messages over the last week about these issues. I pay tribute to the cooperation that's there between the Commonwealth and the State Government. This is about working together. And the local mayor showing us around has done an extraordinary job representing his local community as well.
DOMINIC PERROTTET, PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: Well, I want to thank the Prime Minister for the Commonwealth support. Being on the ground today together, we have seen a very great town. And you see the best of people. And the people of Eugowra have gone through a very difficult time. But the best thing about what we've seen is people have locked beyond themselves and looked after each other. As the Prime Minister has said, 159 flood rescues, 14 aircrafts in the air, but to see the progress, to see the clean-up, to see the community come together with such strength and unity is such a wonderful thing. And I think it shows the best of our people. Eugowra does represent the best of Australia. And we've seen that on display over the last week. I echo the Prime Minister's comments in relation to the spirit of service we have seen from people from all over the state. We've met people who have left their own towns to come here to help, to go to businesses to help clean them out, to go and help pick up debris. That's, I think, the spirit that makes our country the best place anywhere in the world. And we've seen it after disaster after disaster, from droughts, to floods, to bushfires, to floods again. We see Australians come together to help.
I want to thank our volunteers, not just the uniform volunteers who have done an amazing job, the ADF personnel, and I want to thank the Prime Minister for the ADF personnel who have done a great job, day one, on the ground, looking after people. That is what we have seen during this period. I want to thank Kevin, the Mayor, as well. It is councils, state governments, Commonwealth governments all working together to help our people get through.
We've said to the people today that Eugowra is going to come back. The progress has been strong in five days. We're going to rebuild in a more resilient way. And that will ensure Eugowra has a very strong future, and everybody here, and that's our commitment to the people today.
In addition to that, on the small business grants, we know this will make a real difference. We've seen these grants following other natural disasters really supporting businesses, getting them back on track, giving people the confidence to open. Today, we saw Australia Post has opened. And that's a great thing for the community. And that's inspiring and giving confidence to others that they will get there as well, and you can already see that progress.
We have a recovery centre which was opened yesterday, which is right behind us. We're seeing hundreds of people coming through, getting Commonwealth and State Government services, getting the support they need. And I want to thank those people who are operating that recovery centre because they're there to give care and comfort to those people to make sure they have the confidence to get back on their feet as quickly as possible.
Finally, I want to mention mental health support. Lifeline are doing a great job on the ground. I want to thank them for what they do. We know that this is a very traumatic period of time for many people. Many people have lost everything and there's a shock at the start. But there needs to be the mental health support going forward. Lifeline are on the ground with government support. And in addition to that, we'll have mental health support on the ground as well through our Health Department and we will be increasing capacity there as well, not just in the short-term, but on the long journey ahead. I'll take questions.
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, you're on the record when announcing the buyback scheme in other parts of New South Wales saying we should not be building or rebuilding on flood plains, but here today you're saying this community will rebuild. Which one is it? Should we be building on not rebuilding?
PRIME MINISTER: We should be building appropriately. In Lismore, the Premier and I joined together to support some buybacks in communities that were impacted regularly and consistently. What we need to do is to make sure we do get planning right. There's no inconsistency here. In addition to the announcement about small business grants and not-for-profits, we've extended support to 46 local government areas will receive $1 million to provide support for them for the recovery.
JOURNALIST: People here, everyday Joes, not land-holders and primary producers, can only access a one-off $1,000 relief payment with $400 in addition for children. Is that enough? People here say that will barely scrape the barrel.
PRIME MINISTER: Look, I understand that people would regard, whatever support is given, that it is really tough and people are doing it tough. We're providing whatever support that we can. We're providing support for individuals. We're providing support for small business, for not-for-profits and providing support for local government. This is an extensive support that we're providing here in New South Wales, in Victoria, in Tasmania.
JOURNALIST: A lot of people can't rebuild because they can't get insurance cover. How are you dealing with that?
PRIME MINISTER: Look, this is a challenge, the issue of insurance. I know that Murray Watt, our Emergency Services Minister, is talking to insurance companies about these issues. This is an ongoing challenge that we have to deal with. It's one of the things that we heard again today about is that so many people have not been able to get insurances because of the high premiums which are there. It's something that the Government is attempting to deal with over a period of time. We'll continue to engage with the insurance industry.
JOURNALIST: How do you expect this community to rebuild if you don't provide everyday residents with more than one-off $1,000 payments?
PRIME MINISTER: We're providing what support we can to people at this time. These grants are available for people. And we're providing that support.
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: Can I just add to that? It's not just those one-off payments for individuals and households. There is a range of financial support packages available. So, for primary producers up to $75,000, which is Commonwealth and State funded. There are a range of initiatives in place and we will do everything we can to ensure that everyone gets back on their feet. In relation to insurance companies, I'll just make the point that I've spoken last week to the Insurance Council of Australia. And insurance companies should put people before profits. And we'll work very closely with them, the Commonwealth and State, to make sure that support, and if we need to look at innovative products, we will work with the insurance companies and the Insurance Council of Australia to get that done.
JOURNALIST: You've received a rather (inaudible).
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: I'd say that's not true. Go and speak to the people of Eugowra during this period of time. And what I've sensed on the ground last week and this week is that people are very appreciative of State and Commonwealth Government members being on the ground. It gives hope and confidence that we're going to rebuild. Now, obviously, last week, Mr Jones was upset. And why wouldn't he be? It's been a very horrendous time. I spoke to him this morning. And he's going well. And he also raised with me that the clean-up is going incredibly well also. So, you know, when towns and communities go through such tragic events, there's obviously emotion and people are upset. But our commitment from the Commonwealth and state level, the Prime Minister, the Premier, all the ministers, local members and council, is that we'll rebuild and be with this community every step of the way.
JOURNALIST: When you say you're going to build this town in a more resilient way, what do you mean by that? Are you going to move the town to higher ground?
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: We'll work through those issues. I make the point about flooding. Almost every place across New South Wales right now, every community across New South Wales right now, is at risk of flood. Our rivers are full, our dams are full, and our catchments are full. And over summer as well, there are difficult times that lie ahead. But what we're committed to is not making the same mistakes of the past. We can't, in many circumstances, unwind the past. But we can do is not make those mistakes going forward. The Prime Minister, through National Cabinet, and I'll be doing some work in relation to on a national level - how we can build back in a way and continue to develop in a way that doesn't put life and property at risk.
JOURNALIST: Do you think it was a mistake to develop (inaudible)?
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: No. Because communities like Eugowra are just as at risk of flooding as many across the state. As the Prime Minister said, in Lismore and places like that, we embarked on a buyback scheme but tailored our responses to those circumstances. But where there is high risk, we shouldn't be developing on those flood plains where there is high risk. But it needs to be done in a balanced way. And that's exactly what we'll do. You don't go through these events without learning from them. And that's what we'll be doing.
JOURNALIST: In relation to the funding today, how quickly would it end up in their bank account? How long will it take?
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: One of the great aspects of the business grants is that the first $25,000 gets out the door incredibly quickly.
JOURNALIST: How quickly?
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: As soon as the applications go in, they're processed immediately by Service New South Wales.
PRIME MINISTER: Within days.
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: Within days. And Service New South Wales do a really good job in making sure that those funds are out the door into people's pockets as quickly as possible.
JOURNALIST: And what about the second payments?
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: Invoices are required for the second $25,000, but very quickly as well. Once those application goes in, we've got teams of people. You would have seen today coming in, the Service New South Wales bus on the ground, mobile busses on the ground, providing support. That is in addition to the recovery centre. We've learned a lot. We've come a long way. If you look at the Northern Rivers, the time it took to get recovery centres was weeks. Here we are one week after the event, a recovery centre established, Service New South Wales in town and a Service New South Wales team travelling through the Central West giving care and support for people who need it. Thanks.
JOURNALIST: What infrastructure have you put in place to prevent further disasters like this from happening in the future?
PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES: We'll work through that. But I'll make this point finally on the road infrastructure, because I think that's been lost here. Today, we have 200 crews going out across the Central West, we will be deploying to make sure that our roads are rebuilt as quickly as possible. We know after these heavy events that infrastructure needs to be built back in a more resilient way. We're committed to that. It was a key finding of the O'Kane-Fuller Report. Thanks very much.
PRIME MINISTER: Thank you.
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I first went to Arnica Dental Care after extensively researching where to go for cosmetic dentistry following some very disappointing and distressing work done at another practice which really affected my confidence.
I decided on Arnica as soon as I'd spoken to the receptionist. I mentioned that I was nervous as I'd had a bad experience recently. She was very informative saying that they worked with a very good technician who makes your veneers following a face to face consultation and that Leah Adams specialised in cosmetic dentistry including veneers as well as treating nervous patients.
I booked a consultation with Leah to discuss my veneers. She was professional and I felt relaxed with her right away. We discussed a course of treatments and I booked in my first appointment.
The whole process was done with the utmost professionalism and care. Leah and her dental nurse were very attentive throughout each appointment constantly checking if I was OK and wasn't in any pain or discomfort.
The technician who made my veneers looked at all aspects of my face and took photos of me during my consultation with him so that he could make my veneers to suit me specifically. He is a huge credit to the team.
It's been 3 years since I had them done and I haven't had a single problem with them, which has restored my confidence in eating, smiling and talking to people again!
No one can tell that they are veneers and are really shocked when I tell them!


One of the main researched areas in psychology is personality. Human behavior is complex and sometimes it is hard to trace back motives or impulses upon which a human being acts. No wonder scientists wanted to get some answers. The way people act and behave is based on their personality. There are several theories on how we acquire traits, how we learn to behave, etc.
This paper focuses on the learning and dispositional theories. "In general, personality theories are of two types—those that see personality as a dynamic entity motivated by drives, perceptions, needs, goals, and expectancies and those that view personality as a function of relatively stable traits or personal dispositions" (Feist & Feist, 2009, p. 529). According to the learning theories (Bandura and Skinner, 1963 and 1948 respectively) individuals base their behavior on observing their role models (parents, peers, celebrities, teachers) and repeating their behavior. Positive or negative reinforcement helps person in understanding what he or she should and should not do.
For instance, a child might repeat an action after it saw a parent acting the same way. A child also observes and if it sees that the reaction to their role model action is positive, they are more likely to repeat it. Bandura suggests that "people regulate their conduct through both external and internal factors" (Feist & Feist, 2009, p. 479). Skinner's theory has same aspects, however, according to Skinner an individual itself learns what he or she should or shouldn't do with the help of reinforcements and punishments. "As an environmentalist, Skinner held that psychology must not explain behavior on the basis of the physiological or constitutional components of the organism but rather on the basis of environmental stimuli" (Feist & Feist, 2009, p. 442). He examined rat's behavior when putting them in the Skinner's box.


There's a cost to everything… sometimes twice.
Welp missed a week of building last week. The time finally came to pay up my end of the car bargain to my wife. This meant it was time to remodel our kitchen. I put it off as long as possible, but as soon as the tax refund hit the account my wife made me move.
Anyways back to the car. After putting the belts in I realized, if I was going to do a arm rest I would have to do it prior to skinning the sides of the car. So that is where I started this week. While I had the tools out for the kitchen I cut the center console in mdf. Once the pice was cut I route red a .5″ radius on the edge to match the thickness of the wood. This again was done for comfort and the fact the seats wouldn't fit otherwise.
I had to do it in 3 pieces due to the tight fit and the change in angle of the tunnel. The rear piece had to be totally separate because of the seats fit, otherwise there would be no way of installing it. The middle and front portions were fiberglassed back together so that it held the correct angle and could be one piece. Once that was done I found a Tandy leather store and picked up a hide of black suede.
Last thing left is put a shift boot on it. I ordered one off of ebay and if it matches color wise I'll use it. Other wise I'll have to make my own.


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Springdale és una població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Pennsilvània. Segons el cens del 2000 tenia una població de 3.828 habitants.

Demografia
Segons el cens del 2000, Springdale tenia 3.828 habitants, 1.685 habitatges, i 1.034 famílies. La densitat de població era de 1.589,2 habitants/km².

Dels 1.685 habitatges en un 25,8% hi vivien nens de menys de 18 anys, en un 46,2% hi vivien parelles casades, en un 11,9% dones solteres, i en un 38,6% no eren unitats familiars. En el 34,4% dels habitatges hi vivien persones soles el 16,5% de les quals corresponia a persones de 65 anys o més que vivien soles. El nombre mitjà de persones vivint en cada habitatge era de 2,26 i el nombre mitjà de persones que vivien en cada família era de 2,93.

Per edats la població es repartia de la següent manera: un 21,9% tenia menys de 18 anys, un 6% entre 18 i 24, un 29,5% entre 25 i 44, un 22,2% de 45 a 60 i un 20,5% 65 anys o més.

L'edat mediana era de 41 anys. Per cada 100 dones de 18 o més anys hi havia 86,7 homes.

Entorn del 3,5% de les famílies i el 7,8% de la població estaven per davall del llindar de pobresa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

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Entitats de població de Pennsilvània


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Family Drop-In Day: Exploring the Art of Bouguereau
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Join us and celebrate the holiday season by creating your own gilded frame inspired by Bouguereau & America. Create your golden masterpiece and celebrate the beauty of Bouguereau through art.
Free after Museum admission. Explore and learn more about the art in the galleries by participating in activities designed for families to enjoy together. Recommended for families with children ages 6–12. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Featured: William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Thank Offering, 1867. Oil on canvas, 57 15/16 × 42 1/8 in. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of John G. Johnson for the W. P. Wilstach Collection, W1900-1-5.
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Wednesday, February 1st 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. PT The eternal struggle between good and evil, right and wrong, virtuous and sinful has always been reflected in art. The…


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Harley is not blogger. He is an occasional writer. He only writes when he's in the mood and that's as frequent as me NOT buying a dress in a month =p The last entries I can remember, and I'm patting myself at the back because I can still remember them, he had written about our Christmas holiday that he had segregated to chapters - parts 1, 2 and 3. He published each part weeks apart that by the time he had the mojo to finish part 3 it was already end of February. Valentines already gone on its merry way but I was still reading about Christmas! That's why I got curious this afternoon that even though work was crazy toxic, I took the time to copy and paste his new blog entry on a notepad and read it the moment I was sure the coast was clear (meaning my boss was somewhere he couldn't see my monitor).
Here's a link of his entry. Warning, it's very, as in very mushy.


Little Scholars Learning Academy, as an innovative early education program, provides a strong foundation for life-long learning while allowing each child to develop academically at their own pace in preparation for their next school environment.
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. OR 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Circle Time includes calendar and weather work, math skills including skip counting and odd and even numbers, reading readiness skills including rhyming and phonograms, music and movement, and educational music such as the alphabet and vowel songs.
Free Time includes indoor play.
Individual Programming Time consists of each student's own individual, academic program based on the results of his/her Learning Assessment. Each child's program will include instruction in reading, cognitive and math skills, creative writing, and fine motor development, as well as computer time and learning activities that allow each child to explore, experiment, create, and ask questions. Each child works on his/her program at his/her own pace.
Music & Movement/Crafts/Science/Group Games are done on a rotating basis.


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This is a sample project for testing Firebase InAppMessaging Display SDK.

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$ cd InAppMessaging/Example
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What Happens When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?
Still, Facebook maintains that an aspect of the problem in the Philippines is simply that the country has come online fast and hasn't yet learned the emergent rules of the internet. In October the company offered a "Think Before You Share" workshop for Filipino students, which focused on teaching them "digital literacy" skills, including critical thinking, empowerment, kindness, and empathy.
Nyst says this amounts to "suggesting that digital literacy should also encapsulate the ability to distinguish between state-sponsored harassment and fake news and genuine content." The company, she says, "is taking the position that it is individuals who are at fault for being manipulated by the content that appears on Facebook's platform."
In Europe, that isn't good enough: The U.K., Germany, and France have threatened fines and increased regulation if the company doesn't take more steps to prevent fake news and extremist propaganda. Ten days before the French elections in April, Facebook announced it would suspend 30,000 fake accounts. Ressa wondered why the company was willing to act in France but in the Philippines said people needed to bone up on online etiquette. "We are going through much worse than any of the Western nations, and our institutions are far weaker," she says. "It made me really realize that I needed to speak up."
If you have money to spend with Facebook, they'll help you get the biggest bang for your buck.
Google's AlphaZero Destroys Stockfish In 100-Game Match
German intelligence unmasks alleged covert Chinese social media profiles


How to Sleep Well is a guidebook that can change your sleep and help you live your life more fully. Whether you struggle to fall asleep, sleep too lightly, wake too often or simply cannot wake up, this book can help you get on track to sleeping well and living better. It all starts with the science of sleep: how much you really need, what your body does during sleep and the causes behind many common sleep problems. Next, you'll identify the things in your life that are disrupting your sleep cycle and learn how to mitigate the impact; whether the pressure of workplace or you simply cannot quiet your own mind, these expert tips and tricks will help you get the sleep you need. Finally, you'll learn how to support healthy sleep during the waking hours - what works with or against your sleep - and you'll learn when the problem might be best dealt with by your GP.
Don't spend another restless night waiting for a bleary, groggy morning and sleepy day. Take control of your sleep tonight!
- Discover the sleep advice that works, and the tips that are just plain daft.
Sleep affects everything. Work and school performance, relationships, emotional outlook, your appearance and even your health. Sleeping poorly or not sleeping enough can dramatically impact your quality of life, but most sleep problems can be solved with a bit of self-adjustment. How to Sleep Well puts a sleep expert with over 36 years' experience at your disposal to help you finally get the restful, restorative sleep you need to live better and be productive.


It's no secret that China's economic growth over the past decade has been remarkable. That said, I wanted to take some time, put together some figures and study, illustrate and share just how remarkable this journey really has been. I've pulled together figures from the FED, OECD, IMF, PBoC, and other media sources referenced below under "Methodology". Suffice it to say, it took some time to compare and contrast sources, as well as assess the credibility of same. But I'm hopeful that the end product of this effort gives a concise Executive Summary of where the Chinese economy stands today and where it's headed. Detailed calculations in an Excel format are of course available for the asking.
My first task was to simplify all of these numbers and discard what looked to be inaccurate noise. I wanted to develop a comparison that was easy to visualize and understand. I settled on a "Per Household" format. The two charts and the table below compare US and China's growth in GDP, Total Debt (Public, External & Private), Stocks (Market Cap of NYSE & NASDAQ & SSE & SZSE Respectively), Money (M2) and Residential Housing. All figures are calculated on a "Per Household" basis in US$ for ease of comparison.
Note: Base year 2013 households are 115 million (US) and 396 million (China) adjusted annually by population change.
The analysis of these "Assets" per household illustrates some startling shifts that took place since 2007.
China's "Economy per household" started at a much lower level than the US, roughly $100,000 vs. $1,000,000 per US household.
Beginning in 2007, China's Total Debt (Both Public and Private) was only about 25% of these asset classes. Residential Housing was about Half. Contrast that with the US where Total Debt was roughly half of these asset classes with Residential housing at about 20%.
There are, of course, reasons for this, but since 2007, China's Debt has nearly quadrupled, Housing Investment has doubled and M2 has increased two and a half times. China's "Economy per household" has increased 150%.
In the US, our economy has marched along at a respectable, measured, pace. The stock markets are up. The money supply has increased at a 5-10% compounded annual rate. Debt is up slightly and Housing investment has actually declined a bit since the financial crisis. Generally, life is good.
Now, lets take a slightly oversimplified look at how we arrived at where we are today. Every Central Bank, specifically the FED and the Peoples Bank of China (PBoC) have three (3) sets of tools available to shape the economy (with myriad sub-tools in each set). The tools are: Open Market Operations, Interest/Reserve Rate Management & the Money Supply.
Open Market Operations. i.e.) Quantitative easing or tightening. (aka QE 1,2,3,4, etc.) Conceptually, the central bank buys/sells securities on the open market to increase/decrease the money supply. The analysis of what to buy/sell and the intended consequences/effectiveness of the transaction is a topic for a doctoral dissertation, but again, let's take a high altitude view. Let's take a look at Central Bank Open Market Ops from 2007 to 2014.
The FED & PBoC have purchased assets at an unprecedented pace over the last few years, ballooning their balance sheets and increasing the money supply at a rate never before seen, at least to my recollection in a non-wartime economy. A noteworthy item is that the PBoC has been consistently buying and carrying roughly 80-85% of it's assets in US$ denominated securities (T-Bonds/Bills) aka the "Great Wall of Currency" I spoke of in my last post. Moreover, it's astonishing that the PBoC is currently carrying roughly one Trillion US$ in assets greater than the FED on a an economy with a GDP a little more than half the size of the US. Both Central Banks have had the "Foot on the Gas" for quite a while now. Can you say "economic stimulation boys and girls?"....sure, I knew you could.
As we all know, after the financial crisis, the FED embarked on an unprecedented zero-interest rate policy and has held steady ever since. The FED Funds target has been set at 0.25% since 2008. Conversely, the PBoC has kept interest rates relatively high. As you can see, the PBoC Base Rate has hovered around 6% for years. With regard to interest rates, the FED has had the economic stimulus "Pedal to the Metal" while the PBoC has actually been limiting liquidity with higher interest rates. Consequently, this more constrictive interest rate policy has begun to put a drag on the economy. According to China's NBS as described in the Standard Chartered Bank white paper cited below, China's debt burden has risen to more than 13% of GDP as of 2013 (up from 8% in 2010) and it's expected to increase in 2015.
Contrast that with the current Interest Burden in the US as reported by the FED at 2.8%. To put it another way, for every dollar of GDP earned by the Chinese people, it costs them 13 cents in interest. In the US, it costs us only 3 cents. It's interesting how, even with record low interest rates, the US economy just hasn't been accelerating as fast as China. Don't worry, we'll discuss this anomaly in more detail shortly.
Finally, Central Banks increase the money supply by making loans (providing liquidity) to Commercial Banks. They simply "create" credit. Commercial Banks make loans to businesses and individuals. In a perfect world, everyone succeeds, the economic cycle increases, businesses generate profits and everyone pays their off their loans. Credit expands and the money supply increases. The economy takes off.
This is where the PBoC has made the FED look like like a bunch of crotchety old misers. Again, on an economy about a little more than half the size of the US economy, the PBoC has increased the supply of Renminbi nearly four fold, from about US$5 Trillion to nearly US$20 Trillion. Put another way, M2 in China is twice that of the US on an absolute basis.
How Did This Gigantic Increase in China's M2 Happen?
"Thursday, Cloud Live Technology Group disclosed it did not have sufficient funds to make a bond payment due April 7. The Shenzhen-listed company, which had sold 18 Hunan-style restaurants in December to go into cloud computing, stated it had raised 161.4 million yuan, far short of the 402 million yuan owed this week. The expected default could be the first failure to repay bond principal in the history of the People's Republic of China."
Needless to say, if I were an investor in Cloud Live, thinking I had invested in a wonderful, growing restaurant chain, the last thing I'd like to hear is that the business had sold it's assets and transitioned to "cloud computing" overnight. The skill sets required to sling a wok or wait tables are hardly interchangeable with running a server farm and a fiber optic network. I'd feel hoodwinked. I've written extensively about the mis-reps that go on in ADR IPOs. BABA, NQ, NOAH, QIHOO, etc. as well as the long list of ADRs that have "gone dark" over the last few years (See "the China Syndrome" on this blog). There isn't a day that goes by without some odd, outside-the-box ADR acquisition announcement, partnership or new scheme reported on Google/Yahoo finance.
The fact that there's never been a failed bond issue in China (Gordon refers to them as "Fake Defaults") has nothing to do with the efficacy of the business models or the ability to raise capital, but has everything to do with the PBoC's effort to "guarantee everything". To the PBoC failure is not an option.
Oddly, according to the World Bank, China has been reporting Non-Performing Loans at a rock-solid 1% since 2010. By comparison, the US NPL ratio was 2.3% in 2014, down from 4.4% in 2010. For reference, Greece's 2014 NPL ratio stood at 33.5%.
Of course, the difference between the reported numbers is definitional. There's an inherent bias by Chinese bankers not to acknowledge that a loan is non-performing. It's easier to change the terms of the loan and move forward. Like magic, the loan is "performing" again. The big five banks, at the behest of the PBoC continue to step in and provide funds, usually through intermediaries, recapitalize and restructure the floundering businesses and everyone gets paid. Everyone goes home happy and another default is avoided. The PBoC keeps the Renminbi printing presses working overtime.
In contrast, the reason that US home prices, stocks and business valuations haven't skyrocketed (at least to the extent they have in China), even though the FED has provided virtually free money for seven years, is that we do something in the US that I'll refer to as "Underwriting". In other words, if a banker thinks that there's a possibility that a loan won't be repaid, the loan simply isn't made. Underwriting efforts in China are, to be kind, much less rigorous. Things are built and manufactured, directed by the state, without regard to the utility or profitability of the endeavor. People are paid, greased, bribed and "taken care of". Interest rates are increased to compensate for additional risk, but the loan is nonetheless, funded. Asset mis-allocation is a significant problem. According to Standard Chartered Bank, the vacancy rate in residential real estate in China currently stands at more than 22% and it's increasing. At the peak of the US Housing Crisis, the highest vacancy rate was barely over 3%. There are anecdotal stories of acres of raw steel rusting in fields because there is no current need for the inventory. Empty trains, ships and warehouses sit idle waiting for passengers and freight. If you've ever seen a vacant building, it doesn't take long for rats, bugs and pigeons to take over. The cities are littered with half finished construction projects and abandoned job sites. And of course. in China, the occasional school teacher or restaurateur turned e-commerce tycoon or cloud computing entrepreneur are legendary.
Every one of these bailouts increases liquidity and pumps up RMB denominated M2 in the economy. Unfortunately, the PBoC does not seem to be managing the Renminbi, the Renminbi seems to be managing the PBoC.
Let's look at a couple of other pieces of data. First, according to the IMF, only 2.17% of the worlds currency payments (by value) are settled in Renminbi/Yuan, compared to 44.69% for the US$ and 28.30% for the EUR. Cross border use of the RMB is sparse when compared to other currencies, but growing. In January of 2013 the RMB represented only .67% of world clearing volume and was ranked 13th. The RMB is currently ranked 5th (as of December 2014 behind the US$, EUR, British Pound and Japanese Yen) in clearing volume by value according to SWIFT. Up to now, the currency has been relatively isolated and the valuation "is what the PBoC says it is". But as the RMB becomes more important in terms of settlement, the relative value will be more heavily scrutinized. The market, rather than the PBoC, will, at some point make a decision as to what the currency is really worth.
Next, let's look at the inflation rate as calculated by China's NBS (National Bureau of Statistics).
As we compare this data to the US data we see an odd symmetry. Even though monetary policy has been vastly different we see that China's inflation rate somehow roughly tracks the US rate. How can this be you might ask? Like the CPI in the US, the NBS samples 600 or so consumer goods and calculates the price change. Unlike the US, where prices are determined by supply and demand, in China, many of the goods in the basket are State Regulated goods (Rent, electricity, public transportation, drinking water, etc.) Call me a skeptic, but I find it odd that the NBS can publish a current inflation statistic reflecting a 2% price increase (including Rent) when everywhere you turn, a pundit, developer, economist or banker is talking about the incredible 20% annual run-up in China's Residential Real Estate market.
In the end, a currency is just another commodity. Like any commodity, oil, gold, lumber or pork-bellies, it's value is established in relation to other things (usually other currencies). So what's the RMB really worth? Again, right now, the RMB is worth exactly what the PBoC says it's worth. This is only possible today because the RMB is used at a disproportionately low level for international payment settlement. The worlds second largest economy had always been "closed" and the rest of the world has had little use for the RMB and nowhere to spend it. Moreover, the PBoC has $3.5 Trillion US$ in reserve to protect the RMB value. Now that China's economy is opening up, the RMB will actually begin to matter as a global currency.
Now, let's take a look at the above chart. All else being equal this chart is an economic impossibility, yet the condition exists. Even though the "supply" of RMB has increased four fold since 2007 the RMB per US$ exchange rate has remained rock solid in a range of about 6.5 +/- RMB to the US$. You'd expect a significant decline in the exchange rate with a money supply increase of this magnitude, yet it hasn't happened. The RMB is a miracle of modern economics. Today, the US financial markets hang on Janet Yellen's every word and cringe at the possibility of a quarter point rate increase. The talking heads debate what the word "patient" really means and what the implications of including it (or not) in a speech might hold for our nation's financial future. Could you imagine if the FOMC minutes reflected Fed Governors' discussions along the lines of "Hey, why don't we quadruple the US Money supply over the next few years? What do you guys think about that?" The Stock Markets would skyrocket, we'd be using wheelbarrows to carry money around and my building janitor would have a six-figure salary, but unfortunately a loaf of bread would cost $20.00 (unless of course the Government mandated that bread should continue to be priced at $2.00 per loaf) and money would be leaving US$ denominated assets faster than an Investment Banker can cash a bonus check.
Conversely, in China's Dream Economy, you can quadruple the money supply, maintain a constant exchange rate and experience relatively little price and wage inflation while making ill-conceived, unprofitable and unnecessary investments in residential real estate, train stations, airports, roads and bridges which don't come close to matching the needs and budget of the population, financed and re-financed with default-proof loans and bonds, subsidized by a Central Bank that has never met a guarantee it didn't like.
As we all now know, and some of us have unfortunately experienced, Real Estate values can change quickly and loans can go bad. Despite what the PBoC would have the world believe, Bonds really can default. The end game here is that the RMB today just isn't worth as much the world thinks. What's it really worth? Again, we can speculate, but the value will eventually be determined by the markets rather than the PBoC. If I were a betting man, once the PBoC starts to exhaust it's Great Wall of Currency after trying to support an unsupportable Renminbi, I'd think the value would settle in much closer to a nickel than fifteen cents. Once this value is reestablished, the value of China's assets, including all of those US$ denominated ADRs & Bonds will also be re-priced, and that's not going to end well for anyone. China's Dream will soon become the world's Nightmare.
Forbes -Gordon Chang - "Fake Bond Default"
Above, we discuss changes and relationships in China/ US GDP, Total Debt, M2, Stock Market Values, Housing Stock, Central Bank Assets, Inflation Rates, Interest Rates and Currency Exchange Rates.
Every statistic charted within the body of this post is tracked/calculated and reconcilable by multiple, reputable sources (IMF, FED, OECD, NBS, PBoC, etc.) with the exception of China's Residential Housing stock and pricing of same.
There are myriad anecdotal studies out there establishing some sort of "Housing Price Benchmark" in China. All of them yield vastly different results based on where/how and why they were conducted. I freely admit, that the China Housing Stock numbers described in this post could/should be subject to much scrutiny and potential error. Thus is the peril an economist faces when they've got bad/biased data. If there are any economists, bankers or investors out there that think they have "better" (as in "more accurate" rather than the NBS version of "better") numbers, I'm all ears. Please feel free to share your work and I'd be happy to plug your cost/sq. meter calculations into my model.
Value per sq meter, Aggregate Value, or any relevant data Residential Housing Data is not kept/tracked or published by the PBoC. Interestingly, the English version of the PBoC website has not reported statistics in an annual tabular format since 2010. The tables have been replaced with rambling reports analyzing and discussing incomparable, inconsistent indicators. It's much like reading ADR filings, nothing is comparable and everything is "re-stated". Conversely, the FED tracks housing values consistently in the US and the FED values have been used for the purposes of this post.
As a point of reference, I've used US$943/sq. Meter or US$87.63 per sq. foot. as 2010 Base Year Comparative households are 396 million for China and 115 million for the US (base year 2010) Per the Economist Intelligence Unit. Comparative figures for other economies are also described in the article. Other studies available, deemed to be non representative or overstated. Two examples are shown below. There are many "studies" out there. Most show much higher values US$1,500/sq. Meter (US$140/sft.) to US$3,400/sq. Meter (US$315/sft.). Statistics seem to generally reflect higher urban values (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, etc) offset by much lower rural values. But because the anecdotal data seems to be skewed to the higher end by developers, an "average" value is difficult to calculate. US$943/sq. Meter or US$87.63 per sq. foot, would seem to be conservative.


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but how about if datadroid is a Fragment of an main activity? any ideas?

A: DataDroid - https://github.com/foxykeep/DataDroid?
DataDroidActivity extend android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.
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When the second one came there was activity and movement, it wasn't so quiet nor pensive during his newborn shoot.
By baby #3, it was a full on busy and bustling household in motion. We spent most of the shoot in the room where she was born, surrounded by a banner of encouragement made by friends during Liz's blessingway. The flags that made up the banner had words of encouragement like, "you've got this" and "the power of 3". I have to say that three does look pretty good on this family.
The gratitude I feel for the families who have worked with me from the beginning of their marriage story through the birth and growth of their babies is so strong it makes all typed words read hollow and trite. But maybe pictures describe the bond. I truly love you guys, I relish the mayhem and welcome Ellie with fondness and joy!


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2012 Airstream – an American icon
The symbol of an affluent, trailblazing 1950's, the Airstream trailer hails from an age when the wagon-train gave way to the road-train
From early beginnings as the publisher of plans for a do-it-yourself trailer, Wally Byam founded a successful business selling trailers built to his own design. His company weathered the depression of the 1930s before hitting upon a winning formula in 1936 with the first aluminium-bodied Airstream model, the Clipper. The Clipper provided luxurious accomodation for four people in a trailer that featured an insulated body, piped water, electric lighting and a fitted galley kitchen – all wrapped up in a gleaming, futuristic aerodynamic shell
In the 1930s, the design of the Airstream would have been cutting-edge – inspired by aircraft design and assembled using aerospace techniques, it flaunted its unpainted shell as did the legendary Mercedes "Silver Arrows" Grand Prix cars of the day. But it seems unlikely that Wally Byam was motivated by concerns of style when he designed the Clipper. More likely he saw the design as being the best available to him – an advanced, lightweight, monocoque construction using modern materials, it echoed the American Streamliner trains of the early 1930s. The Burlington Zephyr provided luxury rail travel 1000 miles non-stop from Denver to Chicago – where it was displayed at the Chicago World's Fair. The Zephyr and the 1935 Bowlus Road Chief trailer certainly influenced Byam's designs, but it was his drive and tenacity that allowed the company to flourish – of more than 300 trailers manufacturers operating in 1936, only Airstream survive
When I see an Airstream I think of the USA, of wide open roads and spaces, and of epic road trips. I think, inevitably, of John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley and his ten-thousand-mile tour of discovery. And I think of Dean Moriarty criss-crossing the USA in Kerouac's On the Road, in perpetual search for himself
Steinbeck had the wandering instinct of the Airstream owner, but not their gregarious nature. Whilst Airstreamers gathered together, as he described, "Dwellers in this new kind of housing, for they gather together in groups of like to like", Steinbeck was content to make his journey in anonymity, sleeping at the side of the road in his pickup truck Rocinante with just his poodle Charley for company
Dean Moriarty would have marvelled at a passing Airstream for a moment but would, fuelled by an urgent desire to be elsewhere, have discarded the thought as he rushed headlong to his latest destination
Neither comes close to our typical Airstream owner, and perhaps there's no convenient stereotype to hand. Whereas many current Airstream owners are retired, the original buyers would have been a mixture of travellers, salesmen and holidayers – but all motorised drifters seized by the urge to take their home with them wherever they go
Bolide Archive: first published 25th January 2002
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